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I understand the point of this rhetoric, i really do, but I can’t help but cringe at Americans saying “oh no, they’re killing people! Imagine if that happened to someone real, like an American!”

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 12h

It is a very short step from the military killing alleged drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela to the military, ICE, or others killing people inside the US for crimes, real or imagined, as directed by the president.

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People used to cross the street when I would walk by. They’d be like, “whoa! Look at that monster coming towards us! You know, barreling towards us!”

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Don’t democrats keep complaining that we don’t have a deep bench? Then you have a 40-something with immediate broad appeal, and your first instinct is to run to the oldest person you can find? Any dots to be connected here??

Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 12h

Janet Mills has won four statewide elections in Maine. I feel like she’s underrated as an electoral force. I know she’s old but if I’m maximizing on Susan Collins losing and nothing else I don’t think we know the right answer.

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Yeah, that’s the problem, “personal beliefs” are things that are unknowable or unverifiable. I believe alien life exists, god, etc etc. When people try to pass off their ignorance of the scientific method as “my beliefs,” that’s when the social fabric starts to crumble

　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 20h

i think respecting personal beliefs is important but we really messed up as a society when we let things like "i dont believe in vaccinations" et al through

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They like feeling edgy because they haven’t developed any other personality traits

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“Janet Mills can run if she wants, let the voters decide!” Obviously anyone’s allowed to run, that’s not the question. The question is where the democratic establishment chooses to put their time, energy, and money. They choose time and again to suppress grassroots candidates and support centrists.

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The combover looks like they used the air brush tool in paint lmao

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Does Matthew McConaughey have the most gambling debt of anyone in history or does he just genuinely love Advertising Products

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I’m sure this is why, in 2016 and 2020, Obama unconditionally supported the primary candidates who were vociferously in support of single payer health-care—oh wait…

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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Someone give Cal Raleigh a hug right now!

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Also (I really need to stop replying to this conversation lmao) it’s bizarre to me that when I say “our elected officials aren’t doing enough to make our lives better,” the response is “run yourself”… like… you’re admitting that they’re not up to the task!

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oh no, how will i ever live with myself knowing that Zorrolitto thinks being pro healthcare and anti genocide is laughable. i'll surely never recover 🤕

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The dems you’re fighting for do not care about you. You can be free of this and actually push for political change, once you realize this. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Kamala Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected

In a clip of a CNN interview scheduled to air in full Thursday night, Harris said she was committed to welcoming diverse points of view.

www.nbcnews.com

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The leaders of the dems in the house and senate are both from New York and both have consistently refused to endorse him, something they should’ve done the second he won the primary. And I refute the premise that Ohioans don’t want, like, affordable groceries and mass transit. Anyway Im going to bed

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“Most countries have at some point supported some loathsome ally” in reference to providing arms to a genocidal state, bro liberals’ brains are COOKED. this country is so joever

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

“universal” is a pretty ambiguous term there but no, there aren’t any countries where you can just get whatever healthcare or college education you want, and most countries have at some point supported some loathsome ally, although it’s probably easier to avoid it if you’re, like, Switzerland

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No she’s almost certain to lose the primary. I’m saying that the democrats love kneecapping any popular candidate they have, instead always choosing to back bought and paid for establishment hacks.

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Right, and that’s demonstrably a bad plan. There’s a reason democrat approval is so low: they aren’t putting forward a positive agenda. Sit back and let the other guy mess up does NOT make the average voter trust you to do any better, especially if you’re not articulating what is possible.

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Okay. I’m saying the dems are opposed to the will of their voters. They don’t want to enact popular policies, because that will harm their donors. That’s why people like Schumer and Jeffries won’t support Mamdani, a popular candidate with a huge mandate, for example.

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Ok Buddy. Your heroes are simultaneously well-intentioned and entirely impotent. Nothing I say will change your mind. Have a good one.

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Kamala Harris said at the DNC we needed the most lethal military in the world. The dems aren’t even trying to do good things! Wake up

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Yes they’re people with jobs that they hate doing. They ooze with contempt for their constituents and regularly refuse to push for legislation that polls at 70%+ popularity. Please tell me more about how we should be nice to them.

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Dude Obama won in 2008 with a supermajority of senators and majority in the house, then chose to bail out the banks and cave to one loser on health care. Look what the Reps do with the slimmest of margins! They use their power for evil! We could use it for good! Stop caping for these people

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Yeah honestly I think it’s an exercise in futility to try to understand each individual’s motivation when you don’t know them. Are you stupid? Evil? Greedy? Power-hungry? Just like feeling important?

None of that is really knowable, what I care about is results, and the results from Dems are BAD

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